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Crowns, beauty, fried chicken: Korean culture meets diplomacy at APEC

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This handout photo from APEC 2025 KOREA via Yonhap taken and released on November 1, 2025 shows South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (C) posing for a group photo with leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Gyeongju. (Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP)
This handout photo from APEC 2025 KOREA via Yonhap taken and released on November 1, 2025 shows South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (C) posing for a group photo with leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Gyeongju. (Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP)
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